Shloka 39

Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path

Ethics of Non-attachment

Devanagari script

आशीर्युक्तानि सर्वाणि हिंसायुक्तानि यानि च । लोकसंग्रहधर्म च नैव कुर्यान्न कारयेत्‌,जितने भी कामना और हिंसासे युक्त कर्म हैं, उन सबका एवं लौकिक कर्मोंका न स्वयं अनुष्ठान करे और न दूसरोंसे करावे

Transliteration

āśīryuktāni sarvāṇi hiṃsāyuktāni yāni ca | lokasaṃgrahadharmaṃ ca naiva kuryān na kārayet ||

Translation

风神伐由说道：凡为求报偿之欲所驱、或染于暴害之行，既不可自作，亦不可使他人代作。又凡仅为世俗称许、维持人情而行之事，若有损于真实之法（正法），亦不当从事。此教诫人克制自利与伤害之业，并戒以差遣他人行恶以逃其咎。

Word by Word

आशीःयुक्तानिendowed with blessings/benedictions

सर्वाणिall

हिंसा-युक्तानिconnected with violence

यानिwhich

चand

लोक-संग्रह-धर्मम्the duty of maintaining/holding together the world (social order)

चand

नnot

एवindeed/at all

कुर्यात्should do/perform

नnot

कारयेत्should cause (others) to do

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not engage in actions motivated by craving for results or marked by violence, and do not shift moral blame by having others do such acts on your behalf. Ethical responsibility includes both direct action and indirect instigation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on right conduct, emphasizing restraint from desire-driven and harmful deeds and warning against justifying questionable acts under the banner of worldly or socially expedient ‘dharma’.